STEADILY ONWARD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2816, 6 July 1916, Page 5

STEADILY ONWARD

PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES ON " :. THE WEST . FRENCH ADVANCING ON PERONNE/; GLOWING DISPATCHES HEAVY FIGHTING ON THE V - ' RUSSIAN FRONT SUCCESS OF THE ITALIAN OFFENSIVE ? Thtj apparent lull in tlio "Western offensive, as indicated in the news yesterday, is explained to-dayty the statement that torrential rains have foterfered with the operations. The news to-day indicates substantial progress "by the French, who are developing a successful advance on l'nronne, taking village after village. On tha British sector our gains ' have ; been consolidated. The village of La Boiselle has been the centro cf a fierce fight, backed up by.i severo sh oiling from the Gorman guns, tut m 'i :tho main the position is ours. Tiom crrespondents* dispatches vro learn > that tho British guns are raising their elevation, which is another way . . of saying that tho onemy is further away than when the guns first began 1 to herald the offensive; more significant still, the enemy is retiring his ■ batteries. Dispatches from the war correspondents relate • many thrilling incidents of the fighting, and all. agree that tho valour of tho British has enhanced the lustre of our military trnditions.' The reports from the Russian front shoiv that tho enemy is still fighting desperately between tho Styr and the Stochod.' The. Austrian and Russian communiques are in conflict over the situation in Galicia. Further north,,inthe I'insk region, the Russians havo pierced the German front line. Tlio Italians continue lo develop their methodical offensive, and fresh successes' are reported to-day. ; . .. ■